flat-top

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Adj. 1. flat-top - having a flat or flattened upper surface
topped - having a top of a specified character
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Today collectors refer to the first Blackhawks as the Flat-Tops while the "improved" versions are known as Three-Screws.
In the case of Ruger's first Flat-Top Black' hawk the time span was well under 10 years.
In the 60th Anniversary of the original Flat-Top, Lipsey's has teamed up with Ruger to offer what is basically the 50th Anniversary Model again.
Current production sixguns from all three manufacturers are much closer to the ideal and these Ruger .45 Flat-Tops are just about perfect, all having uniform dimensions with the blued version cut at 0.451 inch for the .45 Colt cylinder and .0452 for the .45 ACP cylinder, while both cylinders of the stainless steel version have 0.451-inch throats.
In 2005, I talked to the then president of Ruger about using the New Model .357 Magnum Flat-Top as the basis for a .44 Special version.
The Bisley Model .44 Special Ruger Flat-Top Blackhawk is an all-steel, blued sixgun available with either a 4.625-inch or 5.50-inch barrel.
With these two .45 Flat-Tops this resulted in trigger pulls of 2 1/2 to 3 pounds.
The grips on these .45 Colt Flat-Tops are faux ivory, with black Ruger eagle medallions.
I normally like to load standard .45 Colts with 250-260 grain cast bullets at around 900 to 1,000 fps, and both of these .45 Flat-Tops handled those loads with ease.
There are many ways to customize Flat-Tops and Old Model .357 Blackhawk conversions.
To have anything other than a .357 Magnum in the original Flat-Top (1955-1963) or Old Model .357 (1963-1972) it's necessary to go custom.
Every Flat-Top and Old Model Ruger .357 Blackhawk I encounter is looked at and classified as being in too fine a shape as a collector's item to be touched or a perfect specimen for re-building.

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